Tigerfish and White Croaker, Utagawa Hiroshige

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Utagawa Hiroshige, Tigerfish and White Croaker
Utagawa Hiroshige, Tigerfish and White Croaker
Utagawa Hiroshige
Tigerfish and White Croaker
1840–1842, Edo period (1600–1868)
Utagawa Hiroshige
1797–1858
Tigerfish and White Croaker, 1840–1842, Edo period (1600–1868)
Where object was made: Japan
Material/technique: color woodcut
Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 249 x 365 mm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 9 13/16 x 14 3/8 in
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 256 x 375 mm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 10 1/16 x 14 3/4 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 14 x 19 in
Credit line: William Bridges Thayer Memorial
Accession number: 1928.7421
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Archive Label 2003: This woodcut by the prolific Japanese printmaker Hiroshige is part of a series of ten prints of fish with kyo-ka poems. This form of poetry is 31 syllables in length and rejects the high-brow classicism of other poetry forms in favor of an irreverent approach to traditional themes. These prints are an offshoot of the Edo-period fascination with a more scientifically accurate depiction of natural subjects, including realistically presented species of fish.